Mr. White lived in the country. One day, he bought a second-class train ticket and went to London to buy something. All the seats in the second-class carriages had been taken when Mr. White got on the train.
Half an hour later, So he went into one of them and took an empty seat. The other four men seemed to be rich people because they all wore fine clothes. But just before the train started, a different kind of person jumped in and sat down. It was clear that he was very poor.
Everyone in the carriage looked unhappy with the young man. Mr. White thought that he would not be the only person to pay more. If so, he was wrong. For when the train had traveled an hour, the door opened and the ticket-collector came into the carriage. Of course, Mr. White had to pay more money for his ticket. But to his great surprise, one by one each of the four men held out a second-class ticket. He was the only man who had the first-class ticket in the carriage.
A. Only the young man sat there quietly. B. He was a young man in old and dirty clothes. C. Maybe the young man hoped that the ticket-collector would never come. D. he found that there were some empty seats in the first-class carriages. E. He had to stand up all the way. |
